Housing needs a builder not a crusher
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Date published: 8:11 am, March 12th, 2018 - 37 comments
Categories: Amy Adams, Economy, housing, Judith Collins, national, phil twyford, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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Phil Twyford has the perfect response to National’s claim that Judith Collins’ appointment as Housing Spokesperson would cause him to lose sleep.
Post TPPA signing
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Date published: 6:14 am, March 12th, 2018 - 19 comments
Categories: capitalism, climate change, Economy, trade
Tags: climate health, CPTPP, Oliver Hailes, tpp, TPPA
It’s Our Future spokesperson Oliver Hailes was on RNZ yesterday succinctly pointing out the problem with Labour and NZF’s u-turn on the TPPA. He also recently co-authored an article in the NZ Medical Journal on the TPPA, climate change and health.
Open Mike 12/03/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 12th, 2018 - 38 comments
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National announces new line up
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Date published: 3:47 pm, March 11th, 2018 - 111 comments
National’s new line up has been announced. And there are some heavy hints to a few MPs that their careers may be ending soon.
Andrew Little reflects
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Date published: 12:59 pm, March 11th, 2018 - 13 comments
Stuff have published online a video interview with Andrew Little where he goes through the circumstances of his resignation as leader, the ascension of Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister and his work as a Minister.
Is youth the new political divide?
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Date published: 9:21 am, March 11th, 2018 - 38 comments
There is evidence in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand that youth and not class may be the new political divide.
Open Mike 11/03/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 11th, 2018 - 183 comments
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Was National a good economic manager?
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Date published: 9:30 am, March 10th, 2018 - 72 comments
Bill Rosenberg from the CTU has stated convincingly why National is not and was not a sound manager of the economy.
Doofus of the week March 10, 2018
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Date published: 8:15 am, March 10th, 2018 - 155 comments
An occasional post where we celebrate the extremely banal or bad taste or idiotic behaviour in politics.
Open Mike 10/03/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 10th, 2018 - 51 comments
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Daily Review 09/03/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 9th, 2018 - 47 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
The Overseas Investment Amendment Bill
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Date published: 10:55 am, March 9th, 2018 - 69 comments
Ad argues that the merits of banning overseas ownership of local land is not as simple or as virtuous as we may think.
Open Mike 09/03/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 9th, 2018 - 139 comments
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Daily Review 08/03/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 8th, 2018 - 18 comments
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Tripling down on financial illiteracy with Amy Adams (and MMT)
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Date published: 9:00 am, March 8th, 2018 - 107 comments
Amy Adams won’t commit to $11.7b, but she too has now become the third person to fall down the imaginary fiscal hole. How can National claim to have any soundness on finance if they won’t admit their criticisms on the economy are unreasonable and unfounded? And besides, aren’t National actually worse fiscal managers if ordinary people tend to get paid less under their regimes? We dive into some theory to thoroughly dispute even Steven Joyce’s/Amy Adam’s secondary criticism of “fiscal tightness,” although concede that two of the Budget Responsibility rules are probably stupid in order to do it.
Justice for the family carer claimants
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Date published: 8:43 am, March 8th, 2018 - 27 comments
National’s constitutionally outrageous attempt to stifle the claims of family carers for compensation for discrimination should be repealed and a just settlement reached with the caregivers.
TPP2: Electric Boogaloo
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Date published: 8:30 am, March 8th, 2018 - 82 comments
The TPP is due to be signed today. For those who aren’t done to death with hearing about it, why is it still bad, why hasn’t it met Labour’s bottom lines, and why are we even signing it?
March 8 2018: the TPPA and our nuclear free moment
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Date published: 6:17 am, March 8th, 2018 - 18 comments
As Labour picks up the pen to sign the TPPA, environmental critics argue that the new agreement has done nothing to allay fears of New Zealand being sued by corporations to prevent the government from taking action on climate change.
TPPA rally at parliament today
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Date published: 6:10 am, March 8th, 2018 - 8 comments
Protestors will gather outside Parliament at midday on Thursday 8 March to hear from a range of speakers in opposition to the TPPA signing ceremony in Chile
Open Mike 08/03/2018
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Daily Review 07/03/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 7th, 2018 - 16 comments
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Cullen says 2020 election effectively a referendum on tax
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Date published: 1:20 pm, March 7th, 2018 - 32 comments
Don’t hold your breath for recommendations of radical tax reform from the Tax Working Group. Chair Sir Michael Cullen says the 2020 election will be a referendum on tax and he is already kicking for touch
We need more ministers like Steven Joyce
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Date published: 11:45 am, March 7th, 2018 - 123 comments
Rare praise for Steven Joyce from someone on the left.
Who is next?
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Date published: 8:03 am, March 7th, 2018 - 65 comments
Steven Joyce’s resignation may be the first of many as National adjusts to the possibility of a lengthy stay in opposition.
Open Mike 07/03/2018
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Daily Review 06/03/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 34 comments
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Joyce resigns from Parliament
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Date published: 1:53 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 204 comments
Steven Joyce has announced that he is resigning from Parliament.
Good Witches Hunting
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Date published: 1:16 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 114 comments
With the publishing of another misogynistic cartoon, it’s time to ask who were the witches and why are so many men still afraid of them?
Reports from the TPPA protests this week (and please sign the petition)
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Date published: 6:05 am, March 6th, 2018 - 44 comments
The message coming out is hold the line, sign the petition, regroup, and protest on Thurs the 8th, the day Labour puts our name to the agreement.
Open Mike 06/03/2018
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Daily Review 05/03/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 5th, 2018 - 16 comments
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- Politics Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2018 – Today’s content
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- A rant about playgrounds, sun protection, and parent-shamingPlaygrounds without shade are a problem. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact. Here Jacquelyn Collins lays waste to jerks who have no reason to attack mothers fighting for better playgrounds. Recently a group of Otago University researchers revealed what most ...3 days ago
- Pacific trip provides shape of challenges to come
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- Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 9The week’s best-selling books at Unity Books stores in Wellington and Auckland.WELLINGTON1 The Cage by Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books NZ, $38)“Two dishevelled strangers, perhaps fleeing a catastrophe, are given shelter in a hotel in a town in a country near enough ...3 days ago
- Kaupapa On The Couch: taking back mana wāhine
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Henry Oliver talks to Beck about guitars, Bruno Mars, and his new album Colors.Last weekend, I left the early-afternoon heat of Auckland City Limits to meet Beck, a seemingly ageless musician who’s been musically mutating for over 25 years now. ...3 days ago
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